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and scarfs are made. They have been domesticated with 
some success both in Europe and this country. 
The Zebu (.Bos indicus). A number of breeds of these 
cattle exist throughout China, India, and north Africa, vary¬ 
ing in size from that of a calf to the full adult of our ordinary 
domestic cattle. They differ much in appearance, there 
being breeds without horns, and some almost without the 
characteristic hump on the shoulders, while in others the 
horns are of great size, and some in which the hump weighs 
from forty to fifty pounds. 
The life of the Zebu is held sacred among the Hindoos, 
and it is not uncommon for a particularly fine bull to be con¬ 
secrated to the worship of Siva, and then turned loose to do 
as he pleases among the natives, whose gardens he destroys 
and whose homes he invades with perfect impunity. 
They are much used as beasts of burden, and are also sad¬ 
dled and ridden. They can be acclimated in this country 
with a little care and breed readily, but have not been found 
to be of much economic value in comparison with the 
commonly established breeds of our own cattle. The So¬ 
ciety now possesses a bull and four cows of a small variety, 
and a magnificent bull of the large, lop-eared breed, jet black 
in color, contrary to the rule of his race, which are generally 
of a mouse-gray. 
The Prong-horned Antelope {Antilocapra americana ) is 
remarkable on account of the formation of its horns in a 
manner peculiar to itself alone. The horns of this species 
resemble in appearance those of the hollow-horned ruminants, 
in which the external covering of horny material grows around 
a solid, bony core. These horns are never shed, and are not 
replaced if lost by accident. In this antelope, however, the 
outside horny part is shed and replaced, it is thought by some 
naturalists, annually, as in the deer; but with the important 
difference, that in the deer the antler is formed directly by a 
deposit from the blood, while in the antelope in question it 
is produced by growth and hardening of the epidermis or 
outer layer of the skin. The species is now confined to the 
plains of the temperate regions of the west, where they are 
very common. They are easily tamed, but are very delicate, 
and will not live for any length of time under restraint of any 
character. 
